CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-41583

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-09-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-09-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

vpn-user-portal (aka eduVPN or Let's Connect!) before 2.3.14, as packaged for Debian 10, Debian 11, and Fedora, allows remote authenticated users to obtain OS filesystem access, because of the interaction of QR codes with an exec that uses the -r option. This can be leveraged to obtain additional VPN access.

Affected configurations

• eduvpn vpn-user-portal (>= 2.3.2 < 2.3.14)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References